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  1. Helical alignment inversion of microtubules in accordance with a structural change in their lattice

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  2. Robust imogolite hydrogels with tunable physical properties

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  3. Mechanical/optical behaviors of imogolite hydrogels depending on their compositions and oriented structures

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  4. Reversible viscosity change of nanotubular colloidal aqueous suspensions responding to an electric field

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  5. Back Cover: Preparation of a Sulfo-Group-Containing Rod-Like Polysilsesquioxane with a Hexagonally Stacked Structure and Its Proton Conductivity (Chem. Eur. J. 30/2014)

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  6. Preparation of a Sulfo-Group-Containing Rod-Like Polysilsesquioxane with a Hexagonally Stacked Structure and Its Proton Conductivity

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  7. Direct Evidence for Structural Transition Promoting Shear Thinning in Cylindrical Colloid Assemblies

    Article • Small, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  8. Flow-Orientation of Internal Structure and Anisotropic Properties on Hydrogels Consisted of Imogolite Hollow Nanofibers

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2014, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  9. Transparent Conductive Films Fabricated from Polythiophene Nanofibers Composited with Conventional Polymers

    Article • Polymers, November 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  10. Dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotube using soluble polysilsesquioxane containing alkylammonium side chains and triiodide counterions

    Article • Polymer, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  11. Thermoresponsive Synthetic Polymer–Microtubule Hybrids

    Article • Langmuir, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  12. Strain-induced reversible isotropic–anisotropic structural transition of imogolite hydrogels

    Article • Polymer, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  13. Thermoplastic Composites of Acylated Lignins and Lignins

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2013, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  14. 透明性／柔軟性／難燃性に富む有機－無機複合フィルム

    Article • Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material, January 2013, Japan Society of Colour Material

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  15. Thermoplastic Polyesters of 2-Pyrone-4,6-Dicarboxylic Acid (PDC) Obtained from a Metabolic Intermediate of Lignin

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2013, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  16. Preparation of carboxylate group-containing rod-like polysilsesquioxane with hexagonally stacked structure by sol–gel reaction of 2-cyanoethyltriethoxysilane

    Article • Polymer, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  17. Structural and mechanical properties of Laponite–PEG hybrid films

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  18. Nematic growth of microtubules that changed into giant spiral structure through partial depolymerization and subsequent dynamic ordering

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  19. Curing Kinetics of Lignin-based Epoxy Resins

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2012, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  20. 木質バイオマス代謝中間体PDCを含むエポキシ接着剤の接着強度評価

    Article • Journal of The Adhesion Society of Japan, January 2012, The Adhesion Society of Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  21. Formation of motile assembly of microtubules driven by kinesins

    Article • Smart Materials and Structures, November 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  22. Controlled Clockwise–Counterclockwise Motion of the Ring-Shaped Microtubules Assembly

    Article • Biomacromolecules, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  23. Reinforcement of hydrogel by addition of fiber-like nanofiller

    Article • Polymers for Advanced Technologies, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  24. Dynamic self-organization and polymorphism of microtubule assembly through active interactions with kinesin

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  25. Fire-shielding Properties of Flexible, Transparent Laponite–PEG Hybrid Film

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2011, Chemical Society of Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  26. Self-organized Structure Generated by Molecular Symmetry/Asymmetry Regulation

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2011, Chemical Society of Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  27. Liquid Crystallinity and Organogelation Behavior of Lignin-Derived Metabolic Intermediate Bearing Cholesterol Groups

    Article • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, January 2011, Chemical Society of Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  28. Flexible, Transparent Nanocomposite Film with a Large Clay Component and Ordered Structure Obtained by a Simple Solution-Casting Method

    Article • Langmuir, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masatoshi Tokita, Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  29. Hierarchical structures of the actin/polycation complexes, investigated by ultra-small-angle neutron scattering and fluorescence microscopy

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  30. Polyfunctional nanometric particles obtained from lignin, a woody biomass resource

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  31. Organogels of Lignin-derived Stable Metabolic Intermediate, 2-Pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic Acid (PDC), Bearing Cholesteryl Groups

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2010, Chemical Society of Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  32. Formation of Well-Oriented Microtubules with Preferential Polarity in a Confined Space under a Temperature Gradient

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  33. ATP-fueled soft gel machine with well-oriented structure constructed using actin-myosin system

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  34. Photoinducedin situformation of various F-actin assemblies with a photoresponsive polycation

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  35. Mechanism on Polarity Sorting of Actin Bundles Formed with Polycations

    Article • Langmuir, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  36. Tenacious Epoxy Adhesives Prepared from Lignin-derived Stable Metabolic Intermediate

    Article • Sen i Gakkaishi, January 2009, Society of Fiber Science and Technology Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  37. Polyesters of 2-Pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic Acid (PDC) as Bio-based Plastics Exhibiting Strong Adhering Properties

    Article • Polymer Journal, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  38. リグニン生分解中間物“PDC(2-ピロン-4,6-ジカルボン酸)”のポリエステルをベースとする導電性コンポジット

    Article • KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, January 2009, Society of Polymer Science, Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  39. Integration of biomolecular motors — Toward an ATP fueled soft biomachine

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  40. Morphogenesis of Liposomes Caused by Polycation-Induced Actin Assembly Formation

    Article • Langmuir, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  41. Ring-Shaped Assembly of Microtubules Shows Preferential Counterclockwise Motion

    Article • Biomacromolecules, September 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  42. Integration of Motor Proteins – Towards an ATP Fueled Soft Actuator

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2008, MDPI AG

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  43. Self-Assembling Structure in Solution of a Semirigid Polyelectrolyte

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  44. Observation of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Actin Bundles Formed with Polycations

    Article • Biomacromolecules, December 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Hiroshi Jinnai, Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  45. Motility and Structural Polymorphism of Polymer–Actin Complex Gel

    Article • Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, March 2007, American Scientific Publishers

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  46. Anisotropic Nucleation Growth of Actin Bundle:  A Model for Determining the Well-Defined Thickness of Bundles †

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  47. Gel biomachine based on muscle proteins

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  48. Morphology of Actin Assemblies in Response to Polycation and Salts

    Article • Biomacromolecules, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  49. Gel machines constructed from chemically cross-linked actins and myosins

    Article • Polymer, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  50. Polarity and Motility of Large Polymer−Actin Complexes

    Article • Biomacromolecules, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  51. Nano-Gel Machine Reconstructed from Muscle Proteins

    Article • e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, January 2005, Surface Science Society Japan

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  52. Characteristics of chemically cross-linked myosin gels

    Article • Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  53. Growth of Large Polymer−Actin Complexes

    Article • Bioconjugate Chemistry, November 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Kazuhiro Shikinaka